No Time Like the Present
The ways we enable and hinder the encounter with God within the Spiritual Direction session
Spiritual Direction can easily drift in to talking about God. This is worthy conversation, as we explore what may be happening in the life and prayer of a directee. However, we may be missing something vital. After all talking about God is not the same as encountering God. In this day we will look at where as Spiritual Directors we put our focus, and the ways we enable and hinder the encounter with God within the Spiritual Direction session.
Timetable for the Day – 14 June 2022
10am Start
Session 1: Enabling Encounter – On the Threshold
12.30 Lunch Break
1.30 Afternoon Session: The Spiritual Director on the threshold
3.30 Conclusion
There will be mid session breaks in the morning and afternoon as well as times for sharing in small groups.
Resources referenced on the Day.
- Presentation Slides: No Time Like the Present
- Barry & Connolly: The Practice of Spiritual Direction – (Amazon)
- Rob Marsh paper: Teaching Spiritual Direction as if God Were Real – The Way October 2014
- Painting: Sieger Koder – Washing the Feet (Pauline UK)
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Dear Nick,
I was sorry to miss the ‘No Time Like The Present’ day a couple of weeks back. I have since read your transcript and Robert Marsh – Teaching Spiritual Direction as if God were Real – which I found super-helpful.
Thank you so much for these resources which I hope to feed back into out training course and use to grow my own practice of spiritual direction.
With every blessing for all that you are doing,
Judy (Devon)